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W. R. CHANDLER.

BRAKE BEAM.

APPLICATION FILED 050.21. 1915.

1 ,3 1 3,982 Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

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V BRAKE-BEAM.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

Application at December n, 1018. Serial No. 267,786.

To all'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I WILLARD R. CHANDLER,

. a citizen ofthe Un ted States .of America,

at Sumter, in,the county of Sumter and State of'South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brake-Beams, of which the following is a specification. 1 4

- The present invention relates to improve- 'ments in brake beams for railway cars, and is designed articu'larly for the purpose of providing a tion, durable, well braced, and com osed of a va minimum of parts to insure a bra e beam involving a minimum of we'i ht and amaximum of strength. One of e primary obiaects of the invention is the lpiiovision of a cam that may be repaired w railroad, without the necessity for turnin the car into the shop, and with the aid 0 simple tools that are carried on the tram,

. and to this end the strut forming the ful- 'plete example of crum for the brake levers is fashioned with right and left hand slots so that either a right handlever or a left hand lever may be fitted to the beam when required.

In the accompanying drawings one com-- t e physical.,, embodiment of the invention,as now in actual use on the railroads, is illustrated, the parts being constructed andarranged according to the best mode so far devised .for the practical application of the principles of the invention. Figure 1 is a top plan view of a beam involving the invention one pair of hanger straps being shown in section. Fig. 2 is an'endview of a truck showing the wearing faces of the brake shoes and one of the beams back of and supporting the brakes.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view, partly in section, of a portion ofthe' beam, showing one of the brake heads in section on the'beam.

Fig. 4=iis an edge view of one end of the beam showing the brake head in section and the securing nut on the bolt end of the truss rod or tension member of the beam.

' Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 but with the brake head and nut with its washer,

omitted. Fig. 6 is an end view showing the bolt end, nut and channel of the beam.

Fig. 7 is an end view of the truss rod and channel construction of the beam at its end. In the accompanying drawings a standard type of wheel truck is utilized to illustrate eam that is simple in construe e out on the transverse openin the strut, and is the a plication of the invention as now actua y in use, the truck embracin the bolster 1, strap hangers 2, 2, for the cam, in-.. dicated'by the letter B as a whole, the brake heads 3, 3, on the ends of the beam, the shoes supporting. the brakes.

I T e component parts of the beam B include the compression member 6 which is a channel iron of proper length, the strut 7 formin the fulcrum post for the brake lever 8 and t e tension member 9 in the form of a truss rod and each of these members is made of the proper and best metal for their purpose.

The simple, but strong and eificient structure, formed of these three parts,- it will be noted, is encumbered with a minimum of connecting elements, the strut being fashioned with a comparatively long'base plate 10 that is riveted at 11, 11 and bolted at 12 to the flat web 13 of the channel iron comression member 6, and-the truss rod formmg the tension member passes through the 13' near the outer end of 14 threaded into the end of the strut as shown particularly .in Fig- 3. It will be noted that the strut has a pair of slots 15 .and 16, passing there through at the proper angle to each other to accommodate either a left hand brake lever or a right hand brake lever, transverse bolt holes 17 and 18 being provided for the pivot bolts of the levers.

The ends of the trussrod are enveloped by the ends of the channel iron, as indicated specially in Figs. 5 and 7 where it will be seen that the two wings 19 and 20 have been formed by cutting the channel transversely near its ends, to form the wings that are turned around the round truss red at 21 to provide an incasing sleeve 22 at each end of the beam. e

The sleeve forms a journal support for the brake head 3, and it loosely incases the straight portion21 of the tension member or truss rod, while the cutting of wings 19 and 20 at the ends of the channel iron forms the 4 4 of the brakes, and the hangers 5, 5, for

eld. there by the set Holt of the channel iron against which shoulders the brake head abuts. Now,by means of the nut 24 on the threaded extremity 25 of the rod ends, and a washer 26 if desired, the

truss rod or'tension member may be rigidly and compactly broughtinto close intimacy with the strut and channel iron forming the nagalnst the shoulders efiicacious in stopping or com pression memben Thus turning the nuts, the Washer and sleeve'arejammed member and the truss rod, ;through its 7 straight ends '21 is drawn through the sleeves '22 until a compact and. rigid relationship is r established, then the bolt home in the end of thestrut. An additional bracing feature for the beam is constituted by the long base plate 10 of the strut which is riveted and bolted to the compression member and reinforces that member. If desired Babbitt-metal may be poured in between the sleeve and the round rod portion 21 to'perform the functions of a pack ing, and when applied over the sleeve and Within the brake head the Babbitt metal is. preventing undue vibrations thus rendering the joint more durable. In actual use brake beams built according to my present invention have proven highly satisfactory as to their efliciency, strength, durability, and facility in operation and in the process of repair or application of brake levers, and While undergoing the test as to deflection loads and beam tests to ascertain the maximum of its strength, the results have proven the beam to meet all requirements,

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of the compression and in fact toexceed the requirements of the Master Oar j Iclaim:- if 1. A brake beam comprising a compression member and a trussed tension member, having its ends fixed to the compression member and adapted to support brake heads,

and a strut rigidly connecting the Com res-- sion member and tension member and ashioned with meansto accommodate either a right hand lever or a left hand lever, said strut having a slot in one end to receive said tension member and cured to the compression member.

having .a flat base .se'

2. A' brake beam consisting-of a chan-,

neled compression member,- a strut secured 't0 saidmember and having a pair of opposite angular lever receiving-seats, a truss .rod passing at its central portion through the end of said strut and having threaded;

extremities, sleeves at the ends of the com-1 pression members through which the thread ed extremities of the rod pass, said compression membershaving shoulders adjacent to the endsthereof, brake heads on the said sleeves and engaging said shoulders,. and

nuts engaging the rodto jam the heads against the shoulders. I

In testimony whereof I afiix my'signature.

WILLARD R. CHANDLER.

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